A federal high court sitting at Abuja has confirmed Governor Ben Ayade as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial nominee for Cross River North.

Cecilia Odey filed a lawsuit against Governor Cecilia Nkeonye Evelyn Maha, but Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha presided over it.

Odey who scored no vote in the senatorial primary which Martins Orim initially won, filed a lawsuit challenging the fresh primaries that the APC conducted on the 14th of July 2022 following the voluntary withdrawal of Orim for Ayade pursuant to S. 31 and 33 of the Electoral Act 2022.

The suit was dismissed because it violated the provisions of APC guidelines and the Electoral Act.